Soon, the insect egg stirred, and the entire egg expanded.
The information relayed from within the egg was also one of excitement.
This greatly thrilled Qin Xuan.
The direction was correct; as long as he continued to use the venom to accelerate its growth, the insect egg should hatch quickly.
Thinking of this, Qin Xuan stared intently at the insect egg.
However, after a long wait, the insect egg showed no further reaction.
This left Qin Xuan somewhat disappointed.
“I thought I could make the insect egg hatch just like that, but now it seems it won’t be so easy.”
Qin Xuan was a bit annoyed.
Han Ye, however, smiled and advised him.
“Of course not, how could Centipedes hatch so easily? The Centipedes inside the insect egg also need time to grow. This venom is their growth nutrient. As long as they are given enough time, these insect eggs will quickly mature.”
“You should prepare some nutrients for these two Centipedes in advance, so that when they hatch, you can feed them directly.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded slightly and put away the insect egg.
Haste makes waste; he understood this principle.
The insect egg had only absorbed a little Centipede venom and had not yet grown.
As long as he added venom to them every day, over time, they would certainly grow.
However, there were limits to adding venom; too much could not be added at once, so it would still take some time for the insect egg to hatch.
This time could not be skipped, so even he had to continue waiting.
Since the insect egg still needed some time to hatch, Qin Xuan then focused all his attention on the earth milk stone.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xuan took out the earth milk stone.
Without rushing to open the stone milk, Qin Xuan raised his hand and set up several Formations around him before carefully taking out the jade bottle.
Looking at the dozens of drops of earth milk stone in the jade bottle, Qin Xuan was filled with emotion.
“After such a long time, and even using a Formation to collect it, there are only a few dozen drops of stone milk inside, which shows how precious it is.”
“Of course, this is the essence of the Earth Vein.”
Han Ye transmitted a message to Qin Xuan.
“This thing is not common. After all, for those Spirit Beasts, its effect is incredibly astonishing. It can not only enhance physical strength but also improve intelligence.”
“In my opinion, this Blood Ape must have guarded this earth milk stone for a considerable time, waiting to consume it when it was about to advance, but you snatched it away.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded slightly.
If that were the case, then the Blood Ape’s frantic pursuit of him would all make sense.
The Blood Ape had guarded the earth milk stone for so long, intending to consume it when it advanced, but before its advancement, Qin Xuan had snatched it away.
This naturally enraged it, making it wish to chase Qin Xuan to the ends of the earth.
The result was being besieged by the Ling Shou Sect.
“Forget it, this has nothing to do with us.”
Qin Xuan shook his head, picked up the jade bottle, and carefully opened it.
A rich power of the Great Wilderness and Spiritual Qi surged out.
Taking a light sniff of the Spiritual Qi, Qin Xuan felt a sense of euphoria.
“Good, this thing is indeed good.”
As expected of earth milk stone, just a sniff had such an effect.
“Qin Xuan, although earth milk stone is a good thing, you can’t consume too much at once. Only by slowly taking it can you maximize the refinement and absorption of these spiritual liquids.”
“If you consume too much at once, be careful your body doesn't burst.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuan awkwardly put down the jade bottle.
He had almost swallowed all the earth milk stone in one gulp just now.
Fortunately, he hadn’t done so yet.
After thinking for a moment, Qin Xuan poured out a drop of liquid, and then began to refine it.
Upon entering his abdomen, the earth milk stone immediately transformed into a pure Spiritual Qi that surged throughout his body.
However, after a moment, the Spiritual Qi in Qin Xuan’s Dantian did not increase, but the Spiritual Qi in the various acupoints in his Meridians became more abundant.
“This…”
Qin Xuan was stunned and refined two more drops of stone milk.
This time, his Dantian finally reacted.
“Still good!”
After setting up a warning Formation around him, Qin Xuan entered the Taihuang Space and began to refine the earth milk stone.
“If the various acupoints in the Meridians hadn’t been activated to store spiritual liquid, these few drops of stone milk would have been enough to enhance my strength. Unfortunately, I still need to fill the acupoints first to improve my Realm.”
The acupoints in the Meridians could now store Spiritual Qi. In this situation, the Spiritual Qi Qin Xuan needed to advance was incredibly vast.
“Then let’s start refining.”
Pouring out some more earth milk stone from the jade bottle, Qin Xuan immediately began to continuously refine it.
The Spiritual Qi and the power of the Great Wilderness contained in the earth milk stone were naturally much more than Qin Xuan had imagined.
Therefore, the refinement process of each drop of stone milk was quite troublesome.
However, fortunately, Qin Xuan had the Taihuang Space, and with its time flow, he saved a lot of time.
Thus, in the following days, Qin Xuan focused all his attention on refining the earth milk stone.
During these days, apart from occasionally being assigned some tasks by the Grand Elder, nothing else happened.
Relying on the earth milk stone, Qin Xuan pushed his cultivation to Heavenly Profound Fourth Level.
However, just as he was about to continue refining the remaining earth milk stone to improve his strength, the bell on the Cloud Boat rang, completely waking him up from his Cultivation in the Taihuang Space.
“Did something happen?”
Qin Xuan frowned and exited the Taihuang Space.
“Bang bang!”
Someone knocked on the door. Qin Xuan investigated and confirmed it was the Heavenly Profound Ninth Level Disciple from the Azure Green Sect before dispelling the surrounding Formations and opening the door.
“Senior Brother, what’s wrong?”
Qin Xuan cupped his hands and asked.
Hearing this, the Disciple hurriedly motioned for Qin Xuan to follow him out.
As they walked, he spoke to Qin Xuan.
“Trouble, our Cloud Boat has been surrounded.”
The Cloud Boat was surrounded?
Qin Xuan was a bit puzzled.
Counting the days, it had been several days since they set off, so they shouldn't be too far from the capital.
How could something like this happen?
After all, this place was close to the capital, right under the emperor’s nose, so such a thing shouldn't happen.
“What is the strength of the attackers?”
Qin Xuan asked.
“There are ten people in total. Seven are Jade Purity, two are Upper Purity, and one person’s strength is unknown. They don’t seem very strong, but this person is just hiding in the back. In my opinion, this person probably has a formidable background.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuan had a preliminary understanding of the situation.
Soon, the two arrived on the deck of the Cloud Boat.
At this point, looking around, Qin Xuan’s heart sank.
The Cloud Boat was surrounded on all sides by Cultivators dressed in black.
